Tool or appliance for use in making joints in driving-belting.



F. GUNN. TOOL 0R APPLIANCE FOR USE IN MAK|N G J0|NTS IN DRIVING BELTING.APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8..l9!3.

1,144,122. Patented June 22, 1915.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @FFIQE.

FRANCIS GUNN, OF REDDISH, ENGLAND.

TOOL 0R APPLIANCE FOR USE IN MAKING JOINTS IN DRIVING-BELTING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1915.

Application filed March 8, 1913. Serial No. 752,965.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS GUNN, subject of the King of Great Britainand Ireland, and resident of Reddish, in the county of Lancaster,England, engineer, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Toolor Appliance for Use in Making Joints in Driving-Belting, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved tool or appliance for use inconnection with the making of joints in leather belting and the like fordriving purposes of that class in which a number of hooks of V-shape inside elevation provided with inwardly bent pointed ends are secured ineach end of the belt to be joined and the looped ends of the hooksafterward placed together and a joint pin passing through them to keepthe joint in tact.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through a toolconstructed according to this invention, showing it before being bentdouble and finished. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the tool as shown in Fig.1; Fig. 3 is an end view of the tool, showing it bent double to itsfinished form, but with the retaining pin and its clip omitted.

The tool is formed of a sheet of metal having a main portion 1) at itsmiddle part, and half handle portions a projecting from its ends. Themain portion 6 has a series of parallel slots f formed in it andarranged parallel to the half handle portions a. The plate is bentdouble so that the half handle portions a come together, as shown inFig. 3, and the metal between the slots f is formed into a loop 9. Inusing the tool the fastening hooks of the belt are placed in the slots7, and a retaining pin it is placed in the loop g to hold the hooks inplace while their pointed portions are being driven into the belt.

The device is pressed out of one piece of metal or stamped at oneoperation including the perforations to form the slots 7 and isafterward bent as previously stated. I have only indicated the portionof the metal plate forming the handles as being placed together flat butI would have it understood that the material may be dished so as to forma more rounded handle or for ornamental purposes, if desired. There mayalso be struck up from one of the handle portions a lugs n to act as aclip for supporting the pin it longitudinally of the handle when thedevice is not in use, such an arrangement taking the place of the chainpreviously referred to.

What I claim is:

A holder for joint hooks formed of a me tallic plate bent double andhaving a loop at one end portion and having at its other end portion twoopposed half handles which together constitute the handle of the holder,the said loop being provided with a series of slots which form notchesfor receiving the joint hooks, and a retaining pin for the joint hookswhich is slidable in the said loop and which retains the joint hooks inthe notches.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

FRANCIS GUNN.

Witnesses:

AMY EVELINE EvINs, WILLIAM M. TAYLOR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. O.

